Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

When Alyne Diamond fell off a horse in August 2023 and broke her back, her employer-based health plan through UnitedHealthcare covered her emergency care in Aspen, Colorado. More than a year after her riding accident, Diamond was back at the emergency room after she tripped on a step while entering a New York restaurant.

Insurance 52

Insurance Patient-Centered Government Provider 52

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Louise 05:02 Yes, well, I don’t know about 2024, but in 2023, yes, it could happen. She entertained her family. Thanksgiving’s coming up, you’re having your family, Christmas coming up. You’re going to go traveling to Hawaii with your family, and, you know, you want to die in January. And I was.

Patients 98

Patients IT Patient-Centered Hospital 98

GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

And because of this encounter, this patient went to the emergency room twice due to having panic episodes that felt like heart attacks. And also, you know, do they know of anyone, friends, family, coworkers who’s been attacked, were assaulted as a part of these incidents? How have they been hearing about these issues?

Mental Health 116

Mental Health Community IT Screening 116

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Malaz: I love it.

Patient-Centered 125

Patient-Centered IT Families Family 125

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We would find these people in the hospital, and we said, “What would you have thought if someone had come up to you in the emergency room yesterday, and said, ‘Hey, instead of going upstairs, you could go home.’ And then, the patient can bypass the emergency room entirely. We did our initial pilot study.

Hospital 115

Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115